"The public security network security department found in the work of some network accounts exist in the manufacture, dissemination of network rumors and speculation of sensitive events. After further expansion of the line was informed that these network accounts behind the human control, is the use of rumors to attract traffic, brush the amount of control evaluation, charge "forward comment fee" for illegal profit "network water-army" gang, involved in the case of a large number of people, dens."

"The police immediately launched an investigation. After the public security organs of the meticulous investigation, figured out the details of the gang. The police further analysis and judgment based on the clues found that Wei, Zhang and other people led by the criminal gang, the use of mastery of more than 5,000 water army account, in the domestic well-known network media platforms, forwarding, spread dozens of major domestic events network rumors, to achieve the purpose of attracting profit. At the same time, the criminal gang used group control software to operate equipment in the live broadcasting room to brush the volume, attract traffic, control the evaluation, earn “forwarding comment fee”, the use of AI face and other technical means to forge face data in the live broadcasting room to “grab lucky bags”, a serious infringement of citizens' personal information, jeopardizing the normal economic order. This seriously violates citizens' personal information and jeopardizes the normal economic order."

"The public security bureau focused on netting and arresting operations, smashing eight criminal dens in four provinces and cities in one fell swoop, arresting 32 relevant suspects, seizing more than 8,000 cell phones, involving more than 20 million yuan. It cut off an upstream and downstream criminal chain of “hotspotting” and “tempo-boosting”, fabrication and dissemination, and illegal profit-making in four provinces and cities, and effectively purified the network ecology."